6/26/08

No one believes it happened, I can’t find proof that it happened, but I damn well know it happened because I saw it. Sometime in the ‘80s – don’t ask me exactly when – George Carlin appeared on the Tonight Show. Johnny introduced him, he walked out to applause, sat on a stool…and said nothing for about 5 or 6 minutes.

6/15/08

After years of threatening to do so, I have officially removed all conventional Ashley Art from the Thrdgll site, dedicating it solely to the musical side of my creative tinkering. Ashleyholt.com now contains all my portraits and other doodlings, while the Thrdgll brand is now applied strictly to my "music". There, there, I know change is difficult, but we'll get through this together.

At this point, thrdgll.com is essentially the same old crap, but I did misappropriate a few classic illustrations to dress up the joint that you may enjoy:

6/10/08

There's so many things to feel and see while you're awakeThey're just out of reach, out of grasp, yeah out of reachAnd just as many, maybe more, the minute that you sleepSo I got to throw my preachSkeleton breath, scorpion blushI have a crush on your skeletonWatch out, unsuspecting strangerYou'll fall off the log, headfirst into dreams, end up screamingThis will comb the wolf and that will comb the fogWhat will peen the rain what will preen the hogOh, you mean earth and hell over youAnd laugh at your tire tracks if you get upSkeleton makes good

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is an illustrator and opinionated crank living in the bygone century known as South Carolina. His wide variety of neurotic quirks and extreme sensitivity to broad social trends are chronicled as The Symptoms, a continuing blog of sophisticated tantrums. Ashley's work has appeared in many defunct publications and hard-to-sell books. He is considered a complete failure by those envious of his genius. He has a website for some reason: www.ashleyholt.com